Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[Baymule]

Spot sure is looking good. You can leave him with Aria for 3 months to give him that extra boost from mom’s milk. She looks to be in good condition.

 

[Margali]

Spot sure is looking good. You can leave him with Aria for 3 months to give him that extra boost from mom’s milk. She looks to be in good condition.

I still haven't managed a creep feeder that Aria won't destroy. The pair are getting 2.5lbs of feed x2/day into 2 feeder bins. Spot is eating quite a bit of the pellets then Aria cleans up. Spot is growing 0.73lb/day which is good.

 

[Mini Horses]

He's handsome! Conformation and color....winning combo.

 

[Margali]

Whoever setup the road names for Johnson County should be shot. There are multiple county roads parrallel to each other named ***, ***A, ***B, and ***C, etc. Each road has a same set of addresses, ie 1000 block.

Delivery services can't seem to keep them straight. I'm putting up a more elaborate street address sign but it doesn't help if they are on wrong blanking road.

 

[Margali]

FatherInLaw came and mowed down alot of the standing dead dried grass.

Is there anything I should try overseeing now to get more variety in grass mix? Irrigating now should help grass takeoff.

 

[Baymule]

It looks like a good stand of grass already, dormant, but plenty for a few sheep. To get the most bang for your buck, it should be lightly disced and dragged, to expose soil for the seed. If you already have a thick sod, wait and see what you have. Maybe next fall sow some white ball clover and winter rye grass. Graze them lightly on it, let it go to seed, dry out, and mow it down.

What are your fencing plans? You have been there awhile and have time to study on it. Sheep and goat wire, T-posts are high and going higher. At least you can start small with a pasture, then another and add as time and money allow.

 

[Margali]

Been working on the chickshaw build. This is what I have done after day and a half. It's 4'6" wide x 6' long x 3' high with 1"x1" wire floor. The roll out nest boxes will be extend off back wall.
*not permanent location, wheels are last step*

I had so much help building.

 

[Baymule]

Building always goes better with good helpers!

 

[Ridgetop]

We had a portable coop that we built with next boxes that stuck out of the back of the coop. The nest boxes had hinged lids that could be lifted up to get the eggs out, and they slanted to allow rain to run off the tops. The coop was about 6' x 4' and only about 3+' high. It had wire mesh floors so the poop could fall through and sat up on 12" legs off the ground. The chickens used to go under the house during the day for shade. there was a hinged panel that could be closed up at night and opened so the chickens could walk up into their house. We co;d move t by sliding long 2" x 4" s under the bottom and carrying it around. We had thought of putting it on wheels, but the ground was so uneven here that we decided wheels wouldn't work. The top of the coop also had a hinged section so we could clean it out with a high pressure hose. It worked great for our 12 chickens.

 

[Margali]

@Ridgetop Sounds like our designs are very similar. I'm going with wheels because our ground is level but full of 2" tall tree stumps from multple years of brushhogging.